Kreis Neustettin

The documentation was developed as part of the project initiated by Pomeranian linguist, Dr Robert Holsten (1862-1954), with the aim to collect and compile contemporary folk and archive names of natural and anthropogenic physiographic objects, as well as inhabited and uninhabited places of the pre-war province of Pomerania (from Rügen to Lębork), with the help of teachers and local scientists. The collected set of archive materials – indices and maps with locations of objects – Flurnamen Sammlung – covers the intangible onomastic cultural heritage of the region. Documentation of names of physiographic objects from the area of former Kreis Neustettin (Polish: Szczecinek; after territorial changes: Szczecinek District, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland) was made in 1928, 1931-1932 by teachers working in rural schools located in the region, as well as other local scientists, including a forester from Wallachsee / Chwalim) listed in the index. The collected material was collated by Robert Holsten in 1932. The original documentation was drafted in German (including the Lower German dialect), with occasional Slavic, Polish and Kashubian vocabulary. The collection comprises two parts: A–L, L–Z. The documentation consists of 236 sheets, some of them double-sided, comprising typed lists (215 sheets), typed and handwritten documents (16 sheets), press (excerpts, 2 sheets) and a map (3 sheets). The vast majority of the topographic maps with locations of physiographic objects and their names also survived in the documentation.

Andrzej Chludziński